My Life as a Book
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| Author | Janet Tashjian |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Jake Tashjian |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | My Life |
| Genre | Realistic fiction, comedy |
| Publisher | Henry Holt and Co (hardback) Square Fish (paperback) |
Publication date | July 6, 2010 |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 9780805089035 |
| Followed by | 'My Life as a Stuntboy |
My Life as a Book is a children's novel written by Janet Tashjian and illustrated by her teenage son, Jake Tashjian. It is the first book in the My Life series. It has been translated into ten languages including Spanish, Catalan, Hebrew, Turkish, Czech, and German. Its sequels-My Life as a Stuntboy and My Life as a Cartoonist - have also been translated into several languages.
The novel tells the story of Derek Fallon, a mischievous twelve-year-old boy who finds reading difficult because of his reading disability. As a way to learn his vocabulary words, he illustrates them in the margins of a book his mom got him. When he discovers a newspaper in the attic with the story of a girl who drowned on Martha's Vineyard, he spends his summer trying to uncover the mystery of what happened instead of completing his summer reading list.
Background[]
Tashjian wanted to write a book for reluctant readers with the humor and visual support of a Calvin and Hobbes book, even dedicating the novel to its creator Bill Watterson. She incorporated the methods of several reading programs into the novels such as Lindamood Bell’s ‘Visualizing and Verbalizing’ and Maryanne Wolf’s ‘Rave-O.’
Number of total books in the series[]
The series has a total of 10 books (4th book is called My Life as a Joke, 5th one is called My Life as a Gamer, 6th one called My Life as a Ninja, 7th one called My Life as a Youtuber, Book 8 called My Life as a Meme, Book 9 called My Life as a Coder, and Book 10 called My Life as a Billionaire). The sequel to the 10th book of the series, My Life as a Tik Tok Star is scheduled to release in 2022.
References[]
- Novels by Janet Tashjian
- 2010 American novels
- American children's novels
- 2010 children's books